Kathmandu — The CPN (UML) has registered candidacies in all 165 constituencies for the upcoming House of Representatives elections. The party’s Central Publicity Department Chief Min Bahadur Shahi confirmed that UML candidates have been fielded across the country and stated that more than half of them are new faces, reflecting the party’s attempt to balance experience with generational change.
In the Far Western Province, UML candidates include Dwarika Neupane, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Gauri Shankar Chaudhary, Lekhraj Bhatta and Yagyaraj Dhungana from Kailali; Tara Lama Tamang, Bachan Bahadur Singh and Dr Deepak Bhatt from Kanchanpur; Jhapat Bahadur Bohora and Yagya Bogati from Achham; Lal Bahadur Thapa from Bajura; Deepak Dhami from Doti; Chakra Snehi from Dadeldhura; Ain Mahar from Bajhang; Damodar Bhandari from Baitadi; and Ganesh Singh Thagunna from Darchula.
From Karnali Province, UML candidates are Gulabjung Shah in Salyan; Nandaram Devkota in Rukum West; Dhruv Kumar Shahi and Kulmani Devkota in Surkhet; Nagendra Shahi in Kalikot; Shanti Bahadur Mahat in Jumla; Purna Bahadur Rokaya in Mugu; Dal Phadera in Humla; Lanka Rokaya in Dolpa; Rabindra Raj Sharma and Laxmi Raj Pokharel in Dailekh; and Dammar Bahadur Singh in Jajarkot.
In Lumbini Province, the party has nominated Ram Prasad Pandey and Lekhnath Kharel in Nawalparasi; Dadhiram Neupane, Bishnu Prasad Poudel, Basudev Ghimire and Pramod Yadav in Rupandehi; Vishram Chaudhary, Dirgh Narayan Pandey and Birendra Kadauniya in Kapilvastu; Rewati Raman Sharma, Shankar Pokharel and Ghanshyam Pandey in Dang; Surya Dhakal, Md Istiyak Rai and Suman Malla in Banke; Salikram Adhikari and Bimala BK in Bardiya; Narayan Acharya and Thakur Gaire in Palpa; Leelamani Gautam in Rukum East; Gokul Gharti in Rolpa; Surya Bahadur Thapa in Pyuthan; Pitambar Bhusal in Arghakhanchi; and Pradeep Gyawali and Gokarna Bista in Gulmi.
From Gandaki Province, UML candidates include Bhagirath Sapkota and Til Bahadur Mahat Kshetri in Nawalpur; RC Lamichhane and Milan Gurung in Gorkha; Prithvi Subba Gurung in Lamjung; Bhagwati Neupane and Kedar Sigdel in Tanahun; Min Prasad Gurung and Khim Bahadur Thapa in Syangja; Harikrishna Shrestha in Myagdi; Bain Bahadur Chhetri, Rashmi Acharya and Damodar Bairagi in Kaski; Hira KC and Manju Sharma Chalise in Baglung; Indradhara Bista in Mustang; Polden Sotang Gurung in Manang; and Padam Giri from the mountain constituency.
In Bagmati Province, UML has nominated Pradeep KC Katuwal and Manoj Jung Thapa in Sindhuli; Madhav Prasad Dhungel in Ramechhap; Parbat Gurung in Dolakha; Saresh Nepal and Sher Bahadur Tamang in Sindhupalchowk; Amit Lama and Ashok Banju in Kavrepalanchok; Bhumi Tripathi and Dhan Bahadur Ghale in Dhading; Badri Mainali and Keshav Pandey in Nuwakot; Prem Bahadur Tamang in Rasuwa; Rameshwor Rana and Mahesh Bartaula in Makawanpur; Dawa Dorje Lama, Asmin Ghimire and Shankar Raj Thapaliya in Chitwan; Mohanraj Regmi, Maniram Fuyal, Rameshwar Fuyal, Dr Rajan Bhattarai, Ishwar Pokharel, Aman Kumar Maskey, Prakash Shrestha, Rajesh Shakya, Ajaykranti Shakya and Vinod Shrestha in Kathmandu; Chetnath Sanjel, Prem Bahadur Maharjan and Sandan Thapa Magar in Lalitpur; and Som Mishra and Mahesh Basnet in Bhaktapur.
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In Madhesh Province, UML candidates include Suman Pyakurel, Satish Singh, Tarakant Chaudhary and Ganga Chaudhary in Saptari; Ram Shankar Yadav, Naveen Kumar Yadav, Leelanath Shrestha and Dharmanath Prasad Sah in Siraha; Ramchandra Mandal, Umashankar Agraria, Julie Mahato and Raghuveer Mahaseth in Dhanusha; Lakshmi Mahato Koiri, Qasim Nadaf, Manoj Singh and Neelam Kumari Adhikari in Mahottari; Manoj Devkota, Nageshwar Sah, Hari Upreti and Amanit Kumar Yadav in Sarlahi; Ajay Gupta, Shailendra Sah, Kundan Kushwaha and Ramji Shah in Rautahat; Achyut Mainali, Balveer Chaudhary, Jwala Sah and Kisan Shrestha in Bara; and Pradeep Yadav, Rima Kumari Yadav, Rupesh Pandey and Zalim Miyan Mansuri in Parsa. Rima Kumari Yadav has been nominated from Parsa-2, representing a minority community candidate fielded by UML.
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From Koshi Province, UML candidates are Kshitij Thebe in Taplejung; Aindra Sundar Nembang in Panchthar; Kajiman Kagate and Suhang Nembang in Ilam; Ramchandra Upreti, Devraj Ghimire, Hariraj Banshi, LP Sawan and KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa; Dr Arjun Karki in Sankhuwasabha; Rajendra Rai in Dhankuta; Sherdhan Rai in Bhojpur; Bhanubhakta Dhakal in Tehrathum; Surya Pandak, Sujan Lama, Bhagwati Chaudhary and Jagadish Prasad Kushiyait in Sunsari; Ghanshyam Khatiwada, Dilip Bagediya, Dilip Rai and Jeevan Ghimire in Morang; Kalpana Rai in Solukhumbu; Asmita Thapa in Okhaldhunga; Durga Thapa Swasti and Amar Rayamajhi in Udaipur; and Dev Bikram Rai in Khotang.
With nominations completed in all constituencies, UML has formally entered the competitive phase of the House of Representatives election campaign.
165 UML candidates:
Far Western Province:
Kailali:
1) Dwarika Neupane
2) Surya Bahadur Thapa
3) Gauri Shankar Chaudhary
4) Lekhraj Bhatta
5) Yagyaraj Dhungana
Kanchanpur:
1) Tara Lama Tamang
2) Bachan Bahadur Singh
3) Dr. Deepak Bhatt
Achham:
1) Jhapat Bahadur Bohra
2) Yagya Bogati
Bajura: Lal Bahadur Thapa
Doti: Deepak Dhami
Dadeldhura: Chakra Snehi
Bajhang: Ain Mahar
Baitadi: Damodar Bhandari
Darchula: Ganesh Singh Thagunna
Karnali Province:
Salyan: Gulabjung Shah
Rukum West: Nandaram Devkota
Surkhet:
1) Dhruv Kumar Shahi
2) Kulmani Devkota
Kalikot: Nagendra Shahi
Jumla: Shanti Bahadur Mahat
Mugu: Purna Bahadur Rokaya
Humla: Dal Phadera
Dolpa: Lanka Rokaya
Dailekh:
1) Rabindra Raj Sharm
2) Laxmi Raj Pokharel
Jajarkot Dammar Bahadur Singh
Lumbini Province:
Nawalparasi:
1) Ram Prasad Pandey
2) Lekhnath Kharel
Rupandehi:
1) Dadhiram Neupane
2) Bishnu Prasad Poudel
3) Vasudev Ghimire
4) Pramod Yadav
Kapilvastu:
1) Vishram Chaudhary
2) Dirgh Narayan Pandey
3) Birendra Kadauniya
Dang:
1) Rewati Raman Sharma
2) Shankar Pokharel
3) Ghanshyam Pandey
Banke:
1) Surya Dhakal
2) Md. Istiyak Rai
3) Suman Malla
Bardiya:
1) Salikram Adhikari
2) Bimala BK
Palpa:
1) Narayan Acharya
2) Thakur Gaire
Rukum East: Leelamani Gautam
Rolpa: Gokul Gharti
Pyuthan: Surya Bahadur Thapa
Arghakhanchi: Pitambar Bhusal
Gulmi:
1) Pradeep Gyawali
2) Gokarna Bista
Rupandehi:
1) Dadhiram Pandey
2) Bishnu Prasad Poudel
3) Basdev Ghimire
4) Pramod Yadav
Gandaki Province:
Nawalpur:
1) Bhagirath Sapkota
2) Til Bahadur (Tilak) Mahat Kshetri
Gorkha:
1) RC Lamichhane
2) Milan Gurung
Lamjung: Prithvi Subba Gurung
Tanahun:
1) Bhagwati Neupane
2) Kedar Sigdel
Syangja:
1) Min Prasad Gurung
2) Khim Bahadur Thapa
Myagdi: Harikrishna Shrestha
Kaski:
1) Bain Bahadur Chhetri
2) Rashmi Acharya
3) Damodar Bairagi
Baglung:
1) Hira KC
2) Manju Sharma Chalise
Mustang: Indradhara Bista
Manang: Polden Sotang Gurung
Mountain: Padam Giri
Bagmati Region:
Sindhuli:
1) Pradeep KC (Katuwal)
2) Manoj Jung Thapa
Ramechhap: Madhav Prasad Dhungel
Dolakha: Parbat Gurung
Sindhupalchowk:
1) Saresh Nepal
2) Sher Bahadur Tamang
Kavre:
1) Amit Lama
2) Ashok Banju
Ramechhap: Madhav Prasad Dhungel
Dhading:
1) Bhumi Tripathi
2) Dhan Bahadur Ghale
Nuwakot:
1) Badri Mainali
2) Keshav Pandey
Rasuwa: Prem Bahadur Tamang
Makawanpur
1) Rameshwor Rana
2) Mahesh Bartaula
Chitwan:
1) Dawa Dorje Lama
2) Asmin Ghimire
3) Shankar Raj Thapaliya
Kathmandu :
1) Mohanraj Regmi
2) Maniram Fuyal
3) Rameshwar Fuyal
4) Dr. Rajan Bhattarai
5) Ishwar Pokharel
6) Amankumar Maske
7) Prakash Shrestha
8) Rajesh Shakya
9) Ajaykranti Shakya
10) Vinod Shrestha
Lalitpur:
1) Chetnath Sanjel
2) Prem Bahadur Maharjan
3) Sandan Thapa Magar
Bhaktapur:
1) Som Mishra
2) Mahesh Basnet
Madhesh Province:
Saptari:
1) Suman Pyakurel
2) Satish Singh
3) Tarakant Chaudhary
4) Ganga Chaudhary
Siraha:
1) Ram Shankar Yadav
2) Naveen Kumar Yadav
3) Leelanath Shrestha
4) Dharmanath Prasad Sah
Dhanusha:
1) Ramchandra Mandal
2) Umashankar Agraria
3) Julie Mahato
4) Raghuveer Mahaseth
Mahottari :
1) Lakshmi Mahato Koiri
2) Qasim Nadaf
3) Manoj Singh
4) Neelam Kumari Adhikari
Sarlahi
1) Manoj Devkota
2) Nageshwar Sah
3) Hari Upreti
4) Amonit Kumar Yadav
Rautahat:
1) Ajay Gupta
2) Shailendra Sah
3) Kundan Kushwaha
4) Ramji Shah
Twelve:
1) Achyut Mainali
2) Balveer Chaudhary
3) Jwala Sah
4) Kisan Shrestha
Parsa:
1) Pradeep Yadav
2) Rima Kumari Yadav
3) Rupesh Pandey
4) Zalim Miyan Mansuri
Koshi region:
Taplejung: Kshitij Thebe
Panchthar: Aindra Sundar Nembang
Ilam:
1) Kajiman Kagate
2) Suhang Nembang
Jhapa:
1) Ramchandra Upreti
2) Devraj Ghimire
3) Hariraj Banshi
4) L.P. Sawan
5) KP Sharma Oli
Sankhuwasabha: Dr. Arjun Karki
Dhankuta: Rajendra Rai
Bhojpur: Sherdhan Rai
Tehrathum: Bhanubhakta Dhakal
Sunsari:
1) Surya Pandak
2) Sujan Lama
3) Bhagwati Chaudhary
4) Jagadish Prasad Kusiat
Morang:
1) Ghanshyam Khatiwada
2) Dilip Bagediya
3) Dilip Rai
4) Jeevan Ghimire
Solukhumbu: Kalpana Rai
Okhaldhunga: Asmita Thapa
Udaipur:
1) Durga Thapa Swasti
2) Amar Rayamajhi
Khotang: Dev Bikram Rai
